delete

Deletes a flash or USB file.

Syntax

delete FLASH-FILE

delete USB-FILE

Parameters

FLASH-FILE: Specifies the flash file path in format flash://flash-type/file-name.
USB-FILE: Specifies the USB file path in format usb://file-name.

Modes

Exec mode

Usage Guidelines

This command is available only to users with admin role.

Valid input file path must be provided.

The active PCAP file cannot be deleted.

Examples

The following examples show how to delete configuration files.

device# delete flash://config-file test.txt 
Warning: File flash://config-file/test.txt will be deleted (from flash). 
Do you want to continue? [y/n]:

device# delete usb://test 
Warning: File usb://test will be deleted (from usb). 
Do you want to continue? [y/n]:

The following example deletes a PCAP file.

device# delete flash://pcap-file/test.pcap

The following example attempt to delete a system-created file.

device# delete flash://config-file ../config_file
Warning: File flash://config-file/../config_file will be deleted (from flash).
Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y
Error : while removing the file flash://config-file/../config_file

The following examples show the error messages.

Invalid file:

device# delete usb://file 
Error: File not found

USB not enabled:

device# delete usb://file 
Error: USB not enabled